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Saturday, 14 July 2018

Wannabees Role Play Packs Review And Giveaway (age 5-11ish)

Wannabees spotted that pretend play was missing a special something that could really encourage children to practise more skills and learn to read and write while they play. They created a range of 'I Want To Be...' packs full of printed sheets which support role play for children aged around 5-11.

Currently available in ‘I Want to be a Teacher’, ‘I Want to be a Doctor’ and ‘I Want to be a Café Owner’, each pack is bundled up into a really handy ring binder with around 45 mainly tear-out pages. The pages include forms, stickers and certificates, appointment cards, registers and even eye tests or weather charts, allowing children to act out all of those fun tasks that somehow aren't so fun when you are an adult.

We've been sent two of the packs for my 8 and 9 year old boys to play with. They chose 'I Want to be a Teacher’ and ‘I Want to be a Doctor’. One of them actually does want to be a Doctor (or an entomologist), so he was particularly excited.

Children usually have dress up and play sets which contain some of the equipment they need, but it's the consumables which run out or aren't included and take forever to draw for small hands.

Inside the I Want to be a Teacher pack are everyday items including registers and lunch lists, lesson planners, reports and practise sheets for letters and numbers, as well as certificates and stickers and lots more.

The I Want to be a Doctor pack contains, amongst other things, name badges, ward plans, health records, growth charts, bed notes and prescriptions, and of course stickers for your brave patients.

There really are just about any of the possible notes and forms you can think of, with large spaces for writing and bright illustrations. I'm not certain that we need as many eye tests as health records though? Possibly this would be better in a single cardboard sheet?

The illustrations mean that even children who are newer to reading can join in, yet on the other hand some of the sheets contain quite complicated pages that will offer more to older children. The age range suitability is genuinely very broad.

We don't have the 'I Want to be a Café Owner’pack, but included in that set is everything you could possibly need to host your own cafe at home, including recipe cards, table numbers, signs, menus, an order pad and shopping lists.

This isn't just 'playing'. A lot of the skills your child is practising will come in very handy later on..

The Wannabees range is perfect for children as they learn how to be an adult and contain the little touches which change play from everyday to something a bit special. They are an excellent way to encourage any child to practise reading and writing.

Wannabees Play Packs are available to buy now, rrp £14.99 each. Find out more about the packs and buy online on the Wannabees website.

Wannabees have kindly offered one of my readers a pair of Wannabees Play Packs for themselves. The winner will receive ‘I Want to be a Teacher’and ‘I Want to be a Café Owner’.

Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form below. Don't be scared of Gleam, neither they nor I will store or do anything with your details other than pick a winner, check their entry and contact them. There is a link to a 'how to' along with my other UK giveaways on my Giveaways Page...

The giveaway is open to UK entrants only and will end at midnight Sunday 12th August. Full terms and conditions are at the bottom of the Gleam form.

58 comments:

Can’t decide who’d love this more, our daughter or our niece! I always wanted to be a teacher, after living with 3 other teachers and watching their stress levels in their job, I’m glad I didn’t take that road!

I wanted to be a landscape gardener but when i applied for jobs in the early 80's i was told they would only employ men. Charlie Dimmock changed all that with the programme Ground Force, but i'm afraid i gave up my dream.

I wanted to be a vet from as long as I could remember but when I was 16 my mother made me leave school and get a job so I never got to do my A levels, then hubby and children came along so that was the end of that!

I wanted to be a stunt man lol I didnt know there was such a thing as stunt women haha the skills come in handy now when I run away from spiders! These packs are such a fantastic idea, my son has autism and I think these would be great to help him understand other peoples roles a bit better such a great giveaway!

I wanted to be a jockey or work with horses. Erm, not good enough to be a jockey and my feet couldn't cope with working with horses unfortunately. NO WAY was I going to work in an office. Now passed my typing exams and have worked in an office doing reception and admin for the last 2 years after ill-health prevented me carrying on as a forecourt cashier, and I absolutely love it. Although my work colleagues make it a pleasure to work there.

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